Staff Directory
Nick Kiger
- Title:
- Chief Program Officer - AFAAC
- Email:
- Phone:
- 719-333-9024
Nick Kiger is the Chief Program Officer (CPO) of the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation (AFAAC). As a critical member of the senior executive management team, he manages a significant portfolio of programs and business units including the events management, sports camps and clinics programs, Cadet Ice Arena operations, Food and Beverage division, as well as several other programs. Kiger also assists in articulating and implementing the strategic vision and leadership of the organization and assists in the overall development, strategic planning, service delivery and daily management of the organization across multiple departments both within athletics and campus wide.
Kiger has worked in athletics at the Air Force Academy since 2007 in multiple roles. From 2015-2018 he served as the Associate Athletic Director – Events and Services for the AFAAC, a role in which he was responsible for managing all aspects of the special events program and he also served as the director of the sports camps program. Under his guidance the AFAAC was able to grow both its sports camp program and special events program significantly and has played a critical role in finding new streams of revenue to carry the department into the future and enhance the overall brand of the AFAAC and Air Force Academy locally and nationally.
From 2013-2015 Kiger was the Assistant Athletic Director for Camps and Clinics and from 2007-2013 he served as the Special Events Coordinator for AFA Athletics.
Some of Kiger’s greatest accomplishments include: bringing large scale concerts back to Falcon Stadium after more than a 20-year hiatus, developing and implementing the alcohol sales program at AFA home sporting events, recruiting the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers to train at USAFA and serving as the overall lead for the 2018 DOD Warrior Games and the 2020 NHL Stadium Series events held at Air Force.
Outside of his role within Air Force Athletics, Kiger has served in varying positions at some of the world’s largest sporting events. Kiger was a press officer for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Paralympic Games. In 2021, he served as a site supervisor at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as a member of the Populous events team, where he oversaw all operations at Purdue University. He has also been a member of the events team at the 2019, 2020 and 2022 NFL Pro Bowls where he has had oversight of all Pro Bowl week events and activities in addition to numerous game day duties.
Kiger is also very active in the Colorado Springs community, serving as a member of the Colorado Springs Sports Economy team and as a member of the Advisory Board for The Home Front Military Network.
Kiger, who is a Colorado Springs native, holds a bachelor’s degree in Technical Journalism from Colorado State University and a Master of Business (Sport Management) Degree from Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia).
Kiger and his wife Rebecca have two children, Grayson and Addie.
Kiger has worked in athletics at the Air Force Academy since 2007 in multiple roles. From 2015-2018 he served as the Associate Athletic Director – Events and Services for the AFAAC, a role in which he was responsible for managing all aspects of the special events program and he also served as the director of the sports camps program. Under his guidance the AFAAC was able to grow both its sports camp program and special events program significantly and has played a critical role in finding new streams of revenue to carry the department into the future and enhance the overall brand of the AFAAC and Air Force Academy locally and nationally.
From 2013-2015 Kiger was the Assistant Athletic Director for Camps and Clinics and from 2007-2013 he served as the Special Events Coordinator for AFA Athletics.
Some of Kiger’s greatest accomplishments include: bringing large scale concerts back to Falcon Stadium after more than a 20-year hiatus, developing and implementing the alcohol sales program at AFA home sporting events, recruiting the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers to train at USAFA and serving as the overall lead for the 2018 DOD Warrior Games and the 2020 NHL Stadium Series events held at Air Force.
Outside of his role within Air Force Athletics, Kiger has served in varying positions at some of the world’s largest sporting events. Kiger was a press officer for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Paralympic Games. In 2021, he served as a site supervisor at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as a member of the Populous events team, where he oversaw all operations at Purdue University. He has also been a member of the events team at the 2019, 2020 and 2022 NFL Pro Bowls where he has had oversight of all Pro Bowl week events and activities in addition to numerous game day duties.
Kiger is also very active in the Colorado Springs community, serving as a member of the Colorado Springs Sports Economy team and as a member of the Advisory Board for The Home Front Military Network.
Kiger, who is a Colorado Springs native, holds a bachelor’s degree in Technical Journalism from Colorado State University and a Master of Business (Sport Management) Degree from Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia).
Kiger and his wife Rebecca have two children, Grayson and Addie.
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